Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Before Valentine's Day in 2002, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally announced the nomination list for the 2001th Academy Awards in 74. To everyone's surprise, the war between the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Galaxy Film seems to be still going on.This year, Galaxy Films has produced and distributed four films in total, "Pearl Harbor", "Monsters Inc", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings", although the number of productions is lower than in previous years However, the quality of the four films is the highest in history.In the just-announced 2001 total box office rankings, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" ranked the annual champion with a total box office of 3.2 million US dollars, and "Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings" also had a total box office of 3.1 million US dollars. Runner-up.If "Shrek" hadn't won an extra 200 million at the box office, "Monsters, Inc" would have already ranked among the top three movies.Even the movie "Pearl Harbor" won the No.2 of the year with a box office of 7 million.The four films produced by one company all entered the top ten of the year. It is inconceivable that it persists among the seven giants. No wonder some people praised Galaxy Films for being incomparable among the six small giants. Just wait for MGM to officially go bankrupt and Galaxy Films will take over. Great moment.

Galaxy Film not only achieved good results at the box office, but also performed well in the three major national film critics association awards in the United States: American Association of Film Critics Awards, National Federation of Film Critics Awards and North American Broadcasting Film Critics Association Awards , and the most iconic New York Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Chicago Film Critics Association also gave Galaxy Films this year's works a very high evaluation.At the two most iconic award ceremonies, the Golden Satellite Award and the Golden Globe Award, Galaxy Film is also the company that stands out the most.

But at the Oscars, except for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", which was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, the rest of the works were basically nominated for similar best performances. Technical awards for editing, best costume design and more.As soon as the nomination list was announced, it immediately aroused heated discussions in the American film circle.

As the most powerful supporter of Jed Sherman - "The Hollywood Reporter" was the first to jump out to complain about the Galaxy movie, "Once again, the Galaxy movie died tragically in the group of old-fashioned old men in the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Let’s take a look at what Galaxy Film has contributed to Hollywood this year! “Pearl Harbor” was honored by the Chicago Film Critics Association as “the most humanistic and historical war film with the most sense of scene”; "Monsters Inc," praised as a "landmark work in the history of animation"; "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" praised as "a perfect combination of British style and magical style" by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts; "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, an epic hymn of heroic legend that was discussed and recommended on the topic. However, these praises did not reach the ears of the Oscar judges. What happened in the middle?"

In addition to the "Hollywood Report" complaining, "Backstage" and "International Film Weekly", which are also owned by Prometheus Global Media, also published commentators' articles criticizing the arrogance and indifference of the Oscar reviewers.

Of course, the unfair treatment of Jed Sherman, who has always been regarded as the pride of Los Angeles, has also received sympathy from the "Los Angeles Times", the third largest newspaper in the United States.However, some people support Galaxy Movies, and naturally some people oppose it.

The magazine Variety, which has been committed to opposing Jed Sherman for 13 years, sang the praises of the Oscar jury and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "We are glad to see that the Oscar judges have not been caught by the eyes of the world. Interference, they insisted on the essence of film art. We don't want to see Hollywood in the future full of disgusting commercial films."

However, the announcement of the Oscar nomination list is not the biggest Hollywood movie recently. The real jaw-dropping news in Hollywood is that the most appealing singer under the Sony Music Entertainment Group-Michael Jackson announced the termination of the contract with Sony Music Entertainment Group, and brought his own Music rights and contracts with Sherman Music Entertainment Group to form Michael Jackson Music Company.In addition to owning the copyright of all Michael Jackson's songs and concerts after his solo flight, this company will also fully represent Michael Jackson's entire brokerage contract in the future. At the same time, this company also wholly owns United Television Music Publishing House. of all shares.

"Rolling Stone" music magazine believes that the establishment of Michael Jackson Music Company heralds the arrival of a new wave of record companies, and the cooperation between Michael Jackson Music Company and Sherman Music Entertainment Group will be the future of various record companies and large music groups. example of cooperation.

Another well-known American music magazine "Billboard" analyzed that Jed Sherman merged Japan's Polly Canon and Avex on the basis of New Century Records, and reorganized and established Xi Elman Music Entertainment Group, and this international record company is inextricably linked with Media Asia Music Group, which dominates the Asian Chinese music circle.More importantly, with the close cooperation between the "Sherman-Media Asia" alliance and Warner Music Group, we are pleased to see the emergence of the "third pole" in the international recording industry.In the future international recording industry, Sony, Universal, and the "Warner-Sherman-Media Asia" alliance will compete for hegemony, and the decline of emi and bmg also implies that the recording industry has entered an embarrassing development situation.

"Sony Music Entertainment sued us in the Los Angeles District Court?" Jed looked at the legal department's report with some surprise, "What's the reason? We paid all the liquidated damages, and our lawyer also confirmed the legality of the merger .”

"Sony Music Entertainment Group believes that we are defrauding Michael Jackson. As Michael Jackson's agent, they have the right to sue us." The face of the legal department twitched.He also didn't understand how the Los Angeles District Court accepted the complaint. Michael Jackson is an adult with full mind, so why would he need a company to represent him?Even if an adult is mentally insufficient for some reason, it should be his parents or other guardians.

Although Jed in this life is a directing student who graduated from Southern California, he still studied law at the request of his parents. He is currently a registered lawyer of the California Bar Association, so Jed quickly heard the truth behind the case. tricky.

He sneered and said: "Notify Judge Kimura Kazuki of the California District Court that we reject his subpoena and hope that he can examine whether there is any problem with his subpoena. If he does not withdraw the case within 24 hours, we will I will think of the California Judge Ethics Committee and the California Bar Association to complain about this judge, and hope that he will not lose his honorable status as a judge for some inexplicable reasons. And once we know the reason, I guarantee that he will not only lose the throne of the judge So easy."

After Jed responded forcefully to the subpoena of the Japanese-American judge, the Sony Group was also quiet for a few days, and at this time John also returned to Los Angeles from Japan.The first thing he said when he found Jed was, "Sony Music Entertainment sued us? What is the reason? Did the judge who agreed to the petition have his head clamped by a door panel? Inform our legal department to collect all evidence to fight back against that stupid judge! Yes Now, do you have a relationship with the California Bar Association and the California Judge Ethics Committee?"

"John, anyway, I'm a lawyer with a lawyer's license, okay?" Jed was a little dissatisfied with John treating himself as a person who didn't understand anything, "I've already arranged for someone to investigate that judge. ——Don't worry, people Absolutely reliable, and will not investigate blatantly. I understand that judges are judges after all, and I will not piss off the entire judge circle."

"Where's Michael?" John suddenly asked, "I found that the public relations were done very well this time, and he was not involved at all."

"I arranged for him to go to the South Pacific for a sunbathing vacation." Jed said with a smile. "That's where you know."

"Sunshine?" John asked a little confused, "Didn't Michael's disease prevent him from basking in the sun?"

"It's said to be sunbathing, but it's actually going to the seaside for vacation." Of course, Jed knew that MJ's lupus erythematosus and vitiligo could not accept intense sunlight stimulation.

But the resort where Jed arranged can see the wide sea from the room, and the oversized floor-to-ceiling windows took Jed a lot of thought.Moreover, Jed also set up a very good life science research institute there, in addition to western medicine, some valuable theories of traditional Chinese medicine were also introduced.Jed originally planned to enjoy it for himself. After all, at this age, he has to worry about what to do in the future when he is old.Only when the middle age is well maintained, old age will not have so many troubles.

Although Jed has limited trust in traditional Chinese medicine, he feels good about the theory of Chinese medicine, so he invested in opening a life science research institute on that small island.Dr. Yang, who is in charge of the institute, said that although they couldn't cure Jed's disease, it was possible to alleviate his symptoms and make him feel more comfortable.That's why Jed arranged for MJ to go to that island for vacation, hoping that after a month, MJ can see his changes and no longer be addicted to some drugs.

"By the way, I just got some bad news from Marvel, would you like to listen to it?" John took out the document with a bad face, "Marvel once faced bankruptcy in the early 90s. problem, so they sold the film and television adaptation rights of a bunch of characters. As far as we know, the copyrights of "Iron Man" and "Hulk" are owned by Paramount; "Spiderman" and "Fantastic Four" "is owned by Columbia Corporation; "X-Men" is owned by 20th Century Fox... In addition, characters such as "Super Daredevil" and "Daredevil" are also scattered in the hands of some large and small Hollywood film companies. No, we bought a very beautiful case, but the pearls in the case do not belong to us."

After Jed heard the news, he suddenly wanted to curse. "What's going on with our investigation company! Why didn't you tell us about this?" In order to obtain fair news, Jed arranges a third-party investigation company not within the company to investigate the situation of the acquired company every time he acquires a company. And arrange accounting firms and analysis companies to conduct analysis and evaluation.

"That's what I'm going to say." John took out a piece of paper and gave it to Jed, "The Andreessen Data Company we hired was said to have been bought by the Sony Group, so it set up this trap for us. And Abby, who was in charge of the analysis Xin Accounting Firm believes that they are also involved in this commercial fraud. As for Marvel, I believe they are innocent for the time being!"